Mid-Atlantic Pilots Association

NOTE THE SPECIAL LOCATION
(We’re at the Sunset Pub & Grill at Lincoln Park again. This seems to be catching on.)

RSVPs preferred. Walk-ins welcomed!
Bring a friend!

Featuring: Hijacked – The Story of Northwest Airlines Flight 734 From the Left Seat

Speaker: Captain James Mancini (retired)

On Dec. 24, 1971, passengers and crew on Northwest Airlines Flight 734 had settled in for a typical flight from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to Miami. But about 15 minutes after takeoff, it became clear this would be no ordinary flight. A passenger in the first-class compartment was brandishing a handgun and herding first-class passengers into the coach cabin.

The man fired a shot and warned the cockpit crew he had a bomb. He promised not to hurt anyone if he was given $300,000 and a parachute, imitating a scenario that transfixed the nation a month earlier when hijacker D.B. Cooper parachuted out of a plane with his ransom over the Pacific Northwest. He has never been found.

The plane was diverted to O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, where the FBI delivered a pair of satchels full of money. The hijacker, with his gun trained on the passengers, ordered them off one at a time, not realizing that the crew had exited the cockpit through the windshield. With no hostages and no one to fly the plane, the man surrendered.

Our guest speak, James Mancini, was the Captain of that flight.

About Out Speaker:

Jim Mancini started flying at Teterboro Airport in 1960. He holds Commercial, Instrument, Multi-Engine and CFI ratings. He did a 3 month stint with Braniff early in 1964 before joining Northwest Airlines where he served until 2002. He’s been a Line Pilot, Instructor, APD, Chief Pilot, Test Pilot and Ferry Pilot. After a 7 1/2 year retirement, he recently started working part time with the Bergen County Prosecutors Office in their Aviation Division.

Most memorable career moment: the hijacking which occurred Christmas Eve 1971, 30 days after the famous D. B. Cooper event that was also on Northwest. It was those 5 hours (which successfully terminated at Chicago O’Hare International Airport) that fundamentally changed the standard procedures in the industry.

Formed in 1957, this year marks the 53rd anniversary of the Mid-Atlantic Pilots Association, a non-profit flying organization dedicated to air safety, aviation education and flying camaraderie. All levels of pilots, student pilots and aviation enthusiasts are invited to join.

Meetings are held on the second Thursday of every month. Members and non-members are welcomed. Visit www.midatlanticpilots.org.

Lincoln Park, NJ 07035 – USA

Thursday, November 11 at 6:30 PM

Attending: 1

Details: http://www.meetup.com/Mid-Atlantic-Pilots-Association/calendar/15243271/

Mid-Atlantic Pilots Association

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RSVPs preferred. Walk-ins welcomed!
Bring a friend!

Featuring: Special Tour of Aero Safety Training at Lincoln Park Airport

Speaker: Founder, President and Chief Instructor, Linda Scully

Last month, we held our first meeting at the Sunset Pub & Grill at Lincoln Park and people really seemed to like it. We’re going back again this month and we’re going to visit MAPA’s good friend and long-time airport tenant, Linda Scully of Aero Safety Training (an FAA approved Part 141 flight school, one of a handful in the New York City metropolitan area).

You may have heard that they’ve got a Redbird full-motion flight simulator there. We’ll get to look it over, get the skinny from Linda about it and maybe take it for a hop or two. The Redbird is set up with actual Cessna instrumentation and controls in a fully enclosed cockpit with wrap-around view.

MEET FIRST AT SUNSET PUB AND GRILL AT 6:30.
ALL INDIVIDUAL FOOD ORDERS PLACED AT 7:00.
TOUR AERO SAFETY TRAINING FROM 7:10 to 7:50.
DINNER BACK AT SUNSET PUB FROM 8:00 to 9:00.

About Out Speaker:

Linda Scully founded Aero Safety Training in 1993. An instructor since 1983, she was honored as 2009 Teterboro flight instructor of the year. Linda was the first Master Instructor designated in New Jersey in 1999.

Linda’s aviation journey started in 1978 with a $10 introductory flight. “I would pass an airport on the way to the Shore with a sign ‘Learn to Fly,’ Linda recalls. “Eventually, I got out of the car and asked questions. But Robbinsville Airport was closer to where I lived at the time. When I called there, they said, ‘Come down, we have a $10 introductory flight, no obligation.’ The instructor was afraid that when I saw this tin can of an airplane I would be frightened away, but I wasn’t. I just fell in love with it.”

Linda earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the College of St. Elizabeth in Morristown, NJ, and worked as an accountant while earning her pilot and flight instructor licenses. When she launched Aero Safety Training, Linda offered specialized safety instruction and “spin training” using an aerobatic plane. In 1996, she took over the flight school at Lincoln Park Airport.

Linda is a member of The Ninety-Nines Inc. International Organization of Women Pilots. In February 2010, she was selected as one of 10 winners in a nationwide “Make Mine a Million Dollar Business” contest sponsored by American Express.

Formed in 1957, this year marks the 53rd anniversary of the Mid-Atlantic Pilots Association, a non-profit flying organization dedicated to air safety, aviation education and flying camaraderie. All levels of pilots, student pilots and aviation enthusiasts are invited to join.

Meetings are held on the second Thursday of every month. Members and non-members are welcomed. Visit www.midatlanticpilots.org.

Lincoln Park, NJ 07035 – USA

Thursday, October 14 at 6:30 PM